College Admissions Statistics Class of 2021: Early and Regular Decision Acceptance Rates

[spayurpets]

Boston University:

http://dailyfreepress.com/2017/01/19/look-incoming-class-2021-early-decision-students/

A look at incoming Class of 2021 Early Decision students

The Boston University admissions office has seen an increase in this year’s Early Decision applicants. The university has received 4,181 Early Decision applicants, providing a 22 percent increase from last year, according to a university official.

“This is a strong sign that Boston University is both a first and top choice for thousands of students,” Executive Director of Admissions Kelly Walter wrote in an email.

The university has sent letters of acceptance to 916 students in December, resulting in a 42 percent acceptance rate for those who applied for the first of two Early Decision rounds.

Another 2,039 prospective students applied for the second round of Early Decision, and they will receive their decisions from BU by mid-February.

By the end of the second round, the university plans to enroll 1,190 students in total, making up about 35 percent of the class of 2021, according to Walter.****

[spayurpets]

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 70 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[spayurpets]

Applying ED2 to BU seems to be a sucker’s bet, with a 13% acceptance rate. If the student checked the regular decision box, their chances more than doubled to 32%, which is what BU’s RD acceptance rate was last year. Wonder if it’s too late to call Admissions and change your ED2 election…

[spayurpets]

This Washington Post article is a good resource for admissions data. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/13/college-admission-stats-class-of-2021/?utm_term=.5d3f27d1b18b It includes an up-to-date table of admissions stats.

WaPo includes data on William and Mary, so adding:

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 70 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[PurpleTitan]

@spayurpets: It makes no sense for BU to be more stringent in ED2 than in RD.

What’s likely happening is that BU is deferring all but the most desirable candidates in ED2 to RD (because, evidently, they want to reserve a certain percentage for RD.

In that case, applying to ED2 doesn’t hurt.

[PurpleTitan]

As for the Northwestern ED rate:
I have no reason to doubt the 26% ED acceptance rate or the drop in make-up of the freshman class from 55% ED to 50% ED.

I remember hearing years ago that NU actually wants the ED percentage of the freshman class to be in the 40-50% range long-term. But they also want their acceptance rate to be comparable to other Ivies/equivalents. Over the past few years, that has meant sacrificing the ED percentage goal to meet the acceptance rate goal. But NU is finally getting enough applicants where they can start meeting both goals.

[spayurpets]

Here’s an NYU article. I’m not sure whether we have enough information to come up with some admissions numbers but we’ll have to look into it.

NYU Marks 10 Straight Years of Record Applications

Jan 17, 2017
Applications Are Up Six Percent Over Last Year

NYU today announced that a record-breaking 67,232 students applied for first-year admission to its Class of 2021, a six percent increase from last year marking the 10th year in a row of record application volume.  NYU received more applications than any other independent research university in America using the Common Application.
More students than ever before – over 9,000 - designated NYU as their first choice by filing an Early Decision application. All but a handful of countries in the world are represented in NYU’s applicant pool. A record-tying 27% of NYU’s applicants are from international students.
NYU now receives nearly 32,000 more applications than it did a decade ago.
The popularity of NYU’s campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai continues to grow, with a four percent increase in students requesting to be considered for admission to NYU Abu Dhabi and a two percent increase in students requesting to be considered for admission to NYU Shanghai.
“It’s an astonishing number of students to apply to any university; at NYU, our sense is that the combination of a world-class education in a world-class city fuels a draw to NYU like no other,” said Shawn Abbott, Dean of Admissions. “It’s a testament to the vision of our founders that the new sort of university they sought to create in 1831 – in and of the city, more accessible, focused using learning to engage the world – is still so appealing.   Clearly today’s students understand more than ever how NYU’s combination of a demanding education in a diverse, urban setting with unrivaled global opportunities will enable them to succeed in the 21st century and be involved in shaping the world in a successful, positive way.”

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/january/nyu_s-10th-straight-year-of-record-applications.html

[spayurpets]

This blog post states that 1885 students were accepted ED, so I calculate an ED acceptance rate for NYU of about 20.9%, but this appears to be across three campuses (NYC, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi), which makes it less helpful.

MEET NYU - Home

[quote]

At 5pm Eastern Standard Time, 1885 students will be the first students offered admission to the NYU Class of 2021. All admission decisions will be available on our NYU Albert website (named after NYU’s founder Albert Gallatin) beginning at 5pm. We no longer send admission decisions by email.****
Our Early Decision I admission process for all three of our campuses has now concluded and we look forward to welcoming students from 43 states and 83 countries!

[spayurpets]

Adding NYU:

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 70 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
NYU ED (all campuses) 1885 out of ~9000 (~20.9%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[hhjjlala]

Here are the University of Virginia EA results:

Total number of Early Action applications: 20,446 (16,768 last year)
Total number of VA apps: 5,278
Total number of OOS apps: 14,968

Overall offers: 5,914
Total VA offers: 2,575 (48.8% offer rate)
Total OOS offers: 3,339 (22.3% offer rate)

Overall defers: 5,458 (26.7%)

9074 rejected, or 44.4%

[spayurpets]

Adding UVA:

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 70 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
NYU ED (all campuses) 1885 out of ~9000 (~20.9%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
UVA EA (IS/OOS) 5914 out of 20,446 (28.9%)(def,5458=26.7%; rej,9074=44.4%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[Casper999]

@spayurpets
I sincerely appreciate your effort to comsolidate and share this adnmissions information.

Minor comment: It looks like the internet ate one of the digits for the Princeton SCEA admit number. It should be 770 in lieu of 70.

[spayurpets]

Claremont McKenna early decision article provides some information, but insufficient to calculate admission rate. (Because of past problems with falsified data, CMC and other Claremont colleges have waited until their data has been fully vetted before reporting it.)

[quote]
Early Decision applicants among first to be enrolled in the CMC Class of 2021

In the next few weeks, high school seniors contemplating which college or university to attend next fall will have some exciting decisions to make. And for a select group of outstanding seniors who will be matriculating at CMC and make up the Class of 2021, it was a decision best made early.

According to Jennifer Sandoval-Dancs, Assistant Vice President and Director of Admission at CMC, the College offered admission to 155 first-year students during Early Decision I (the first application period, which had a deadline of Nov. 1) and no doubt that was a load off their minds.

“For the students, they are done, can celebrate their top college choice and enjoy the remainder of their senior year of high school without the stress that comes with completing college applications and waiting for decision letters to be released in the spring,” Sandoval-Dancs says. “For CMC, it allows us the opportunity to enroll students who are passionate about CMC and identify deeply with our mission of educating young people for leadership positions in business, government, and the professions.”

In total, there are three application rounds for first-year students who want to attend CMC. The second round — Early Decision II — has a Jan. 1 deadline, as does the final Regular Decision Round of applications with a merit scholarship consideration priority deadline of Dec. 1.****

In looking at Early Decision applicants or, for that matter, any student, CMC seeks to enroll young people who show they have the comprehensive commitment, passion, and empathy to make the world a better place. According to Sandoval-Dancs, there are three areas admission officials evaluate to gain an understanding of the applicant and to contextualize their achievements.

Life experience — We seek to assess the applicant’s life journey. Is there anything about this journey that has impacted, influenced their academic and/or personal achievements?
Academic record — We seek students who are committed to their learning process and are eager to extend their learning process outside of the classroom and show commitment to their evolution as a scholar and informed member of society.
Personal record — Who is the student outside of the classroom, who are they becoming, and who do they want to be? We expect students to maximize the resources at their disposal to learn, grow, and understand how their time and talents can be used to have a greater positive local, national, or international impact.
The number of students pursuing early admission options across the country appears to have risen over the past decade. “There are different types of early admission processes and not all schools offer early admission,” DeVeres says. “For example, early admission is not an option for the University of California system or for the University of Southern California.”

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[spayurpets]

The Washington Post has now added ED data for Rice and Carnegie Mellon. It doesn’t source the information, but i"m going to presume it’s reliable. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/13/college-admission-stats-class-of-2021/?utm_term=.09ae64c0e44e Adding Rice and Carnegie Mellon.

MIT EA 657 out of 8394 (7.8%) (def=69.7%, rej=22.4%)
Georgetown EA 931 out of 7822 (11.9%)(def=88.1%)
Boston University ED2 ~274 out of 2039 (~13.4%)
Harvard SCEA 938 out of 6473 (14.5%)
Princeton SCEA 770 out of 5003 (15.4%)
Yale SCEA 871 out of 5086 (17.1%) (def=52.7%, rej=28.6%)
Georgia Tech EA (OOS) ~2300 out of 11,515 (~21%)
Rice ED 329 out of 1604 (20.5%)
NYU ED (all campuses) 1885 out of ~9000 (~20.9%)
Brown ED 695 out of 3170 (21.9%)(def=60%, rej=18%)
Penn ED 1354 out of 6147 (22.0%)
UVA EA (OOS) 3339 out of 14,968 (22.3%)
Carnegie Mellon ED 330 out of 1375 (24.0%)
Notre Dame REA 1470 out of 6020 (24.4%) (893 def=14.8%)
Duke ED 861 out of 3516 (24.5%)(def,671=19.1%)
Cornell ED ~1379 out of 5384 (25.6%)(def=20.9%, rej=53.5%)
Northwestern ED ~963 out of 3736 (~25.7%)
Dartmouth ED 555 out of 1999 (27.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS/OOS) 4380 out of 15,715 (27.9%)
Boston University ED1/ED2 ~1190 out of 4181 (~28.5%)
UVA EA (IS/OOS) 5914 out of 20,446 (28.9%)(def,5458=26.7%; rej,9074=44.4%)
Tulane EA 6480 out of 22,256 (29.1%)
Tufts ED1/ED2 ~675 out of 2310 (~29.2%)
Johns Hopkins ED 591 out of 1934 (30.6%)
Emory ED 474 out of 1493 (31.7%)
Boston College EA ~2900 out of 9000 (~33%)(def,3500=38.9%, rej,2500=27.8%)
Williams ED 257 out of 728 (35.3%)
Boston University ED1 916 out of 2142 (42.8%)
UVA EA (IS) 2575 out of 5278 (48.8%)
Georgia Tech EA (IS) ~2080 out of 4200 (~49%)
Middlebury ED1 343 out of 673 (51.0%) (def,60=8.9%, rej,270=40.1%)
William & Mary ED 528 out of 1023 (51.6%)
University of Georgia EA 8059 out of 15,614 (51.6%)

[spayurpets]

As far as I can tell, this is the first time Rice had a lower ED acceptance rate than Brown (which is perennially the hardest ED university to gain acceptance into).

[odannyboySF]

From Yale: http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/27/class-of-2021-receives-record-number-of-apps/

This year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions received the largest number of applications ever submitted to Yale College, with 32,891 applying to the class of 2021 as of Jan. 26.

The record-breaking figure represents a 5 percent jump from last year, the first time that the number of applications had ever topped the 31,000 mark. This year’s increase is larger than the 4 percent jump in applications, from 30,227 to 31,439, between the classes of 2019 and 2020. The number of students to be admitted this year will increase by between 300 and 400 with the opening of the two new residential colleges in the fall.

[IN4655]

Why is Carnegie Mellons lower than Northwestern’s? Is Carnegie Mellon just that much harder on ED than most schools, is Carnegie Mellon becoming more competitive overall, or is it because of a disproportionally higher amount of CS and other of Carnegie Mellon’s more competitive programs applying ED to RD?

[nicole1308]

Why is it so much harder to get in ED2 for BU? I applied with it thinking it would higher my chances but a 13% chance does not sound good to me and why would they defer the most desirable candidates as someone said, that’s not so much the point of ED I don’t really get it. I’m really worried about it now…

[collegemomjam]

@nicole1308 I don’t really know that much about EDII but it is a new phenomenon and I’m not sure there really is enough history yet to really understand each school’s strategy with EDII…if you have strong stats, I would think you have a solid shot at BU and I wouldn’t pay too much attention to that 13% number. I know someone who applied to an EDII school like BU a few years ago and he got in and his stats were strong but not over the top either. Good luck!

[DeepBlue86]

There’s been a lot of discussion of EDII over on the “plague of early decision” thread. Because the EDII timetable is typically post-new year, some schools seem to be using it to target kids who were deferred EA elsewhere (or, in the case of UoC, at the same school). It sounds like some schools may also be selectively suggesting to some of their RD applicants that they should consider switching to EDII. Finally, some schools, e.g., Stanford, have elected to disclose less information about the early round. All of this will make it more difficult to calculate admit rates, unfortunately.